Harmful Effects of Vaping

Body

Social

Mind

Harmful effects of vaping

Peer Pressure

Lung Disease

Cardiovascular effects

Developement

Vaping access

Cancer

Permanant damage

Impulsivity

Increased Anxiety

Depression

Mood Disorders

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Increased anxiety from vaping

"Vaping is often used as a coping strategy by individuals suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental health conditions. However, it could potentially worsen the existing mental health conditions. Nicotine interrupts the cerebral dopamine pathway leading to an increase in depressive symptoms."

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• 60% of vapers report heightened anxiety after begining vaping
• Social anxiety is more present in vapers who do not have unlimted access to their e-cigarettes

Accessability to vaping and e-cigarette devices

A common question that is pondered over this overwhelming epidemic is how are minors gaining possession of these adult devices?

Where are minors getting these devices? Sady there are various ways minors have access to these adult devices across the United States. 22.2% of these devices are purchased illegally at tabaco and vape shops. 80% of minors get the devices from friends. 17.7% of minors prchase these devices from gas stations. and lastly, 49% of minos purchased these devices from their peers.

Social developement

Adolesents who depend on vapes or e-cigarette devices tend tostruggle to develop socially. With anxiety surrounding the dependance of intaking nicotine at a frequent rate social settings can become difficult and less morivating for the effected youth.

Breathing in the harmful e-cigarette cartrages and juice results in permanant damage. Using these devices puts every user at risk for lung disease, lung cancer, asthma, and chonic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Vaping can also cause short term effects like shortness of breath, couhing, tight chest, nausea, chest pain, and more.

Peer prssure

Peer pressure and adolesent relathionships are the most common ways kids under 18 start vaping. Obtaining these devices normally come from friends rather than adults supplying these devices. Starting as young as the age 13 up to the age 18 vaping and e-cigarette use has become an epidemic.

Depression rates in the USA

In 2022 the average rate of teen and adolesent depression raised fto 15.8% of those age 12-17. Studis have shown 1 out of 5 vapers or e-cigarette users suffer from depression.

Lung disease assosiated with Vaping

Mood Disorder developement from vaping

Studies have shown most vapers develolp mood and mental disorders while vaping. The most seen and most common disorders vapers tend to suffer from are anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Other studies have shown that those who begin vaping and who already have a history with anxiety or depression can lead to worsening symptoms once they begin vaping.According to the 2019 JAMA study, nearly 30,000 e-cigreete users above the age of 18 are tied to 2.4x higher odds of being diagnosed with depression.

• Nicotine dependence has been linked to elvated anxiety levels
• in 2022 2.5 million adolesents under the age of 18 use e-cigarettes
• Nearly 85% of adolesents use flavored e-cigarettes

Begining vaping can reduce brain developement at an early age, and the results from this develope into mood disorders like low impulse control, depression, anviety, and even PTSD.

Cardiovascular effects

When vaping or smoking you significantly impair the function and health of yourr body's blood vessels which can increase the risk of developing a cardiovascular disease.

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• Pod or cartige based vapes and e-cigarettes have an 8% higher blood pressure compared to non-users
• Vapers have a higher heart rates than non-users

Lung cancer

Lung cancer is a very common result of those who smoke. Vaping and e-cigarette use do not support enough research currently that it is cancer cuasing however, the chemicals used in all vape and e-cigarette products are known to be harmful. Each time you inhale anything other than clean oxygen you are at risk.

Impulsivity

Those who vape are at a higher chance of developing impulsivities in day to day life.

• Self control decreases by roughly 15% when actively vaping